2014年大学英语四级考试词汇语法练习题(一)
1. He proved himself a ________ successor to the former Prime Minister.
A. worthwhile B. worthiness C. worthy D. worth
2. Your radio is too loud, turn the ________ down.
A. volume B. voice C. sound D. tone
3. The Channel Tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever ________.
A. understated B. undertaken C. undergone D. underneath
4. He comes from a poor country village in the mountains, so it’s very hard for him to pay the whole school year’s ________ at one time.
A. money B. fare C. fees D. tuition
5. Anthony is a very ________ person and never wastes anything.
A. miserly B. thrifty C. economic D. conservative
1. 答案为C。worthwhile 意思是“值得花费时间、金钱或精力的”。worthy 可以表示“值得尊重或者考虑的”，用这一意思时通常做定语。worthiness 是worthy 的名词形式。worth 用作表语，意思是“有某种价值的;值得(做某事)”。本句需要填入一个作定语的形容词，所以， C 是正确答案。
2. 答案为A。volume 意思是“音量，响度”，voice 意思是“嗓音”，sound 意思是“声，声音，声响”，tone 指“音调，音质;语气，腔调;(乐器的)音质，音色”。
3. 答案为B。understate 意思是“有节制地陈述或表达;少说，少报”，undertake 意思是“承担，负起..的责任”，undergo 意为“经历，经受;接受，承受”，underneath 意为“在.. 的下面(介词);在下面，向下(副词);底部，底面(名词)”。
4. 答案为D。money 泛指“金钱，货币”;fare 指(公共汽车、轮船、计程车等的)票价; fee 指付给私人教师、医生等的服务费，酬金;tuition 尤指大专院校的学费。
5. 答案为B。miserly 意思是“似守财奴的，吝啬的”，thrifty 意思是“节检的，节约的”， economic 意思是“经济学的，经济的”，conservative 意思是“保守的，守旧的”。